I’ve always had self-belief, though my sensitive side has never been fully appreciated. For every ‘Down in the Tube Station at Midnight,’ I’ve written an ‘English Rose.’ People forget. Paul Weller Read Quote
I hear an album so many times during the course of making it that when I’ve just finished it, I don’t want to hear it again. After you’ve taken a little bit of time away from it, you can come back to it, which can be scary. I’m happy with ‘Sonik Kicks,’ man. Paul Weller Read Quote
When I listen to a record, or when I’m making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don’t only listen to the guitar player. Paul Weller Read Quote
I kept the first Rickenbacker I ever got, a little short-scale John Lennon-type model. And I’ve got a couple of 12-string models, which are really nice, and I’ve got a Pete Townshend model, which Pete gave me a few years ago. But that’s about it. Paul Weller Read Quote
I don’t think about what I can’t do or what I shouldn’t be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really. And I’m very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music. Paul Weller Read Quote
I don’t like the royal family, I don’t like the establishment, I don’t like the civil service. Paul Weller Read Quote
I want to see where and how far I can go as an artist. I look back and see what I’ve done, and I want to do as much as I can in my lifetime. I love doing it. If I didn’t have that passion or love for it, I wouldn’t do it. Paul Weller Read Quote
There have been records I’ve been really, really pleased with that haven’t connected with people. But I felt good about them. Paul Weller Read Quote
The first thing I bought that was really stylish was in 1969 when I was eleven. I saved up for a black, grey and white tie-dye grandad vest. It was too big – they weren’t catering for kids my age – and hung off me, but I loved it. Paul Weller Read Quote
For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I’m trying to do is to play live. Whether it’s an acoustic show, electric or whatever… if I shine at all, that’s where it all really happens – it just took me a while to rediscover that. Paul Weller Read Quote
